# Lolita (1962)

> Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita is a mordantly comic and deeply unsettling portrait of a cultivated man who disguises predation as romance.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/647

## Facts

- Runtime: 154 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Cast: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Stovin, Diana Decker, Lois Maxwell, Cec Linder
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056193/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: morbid, witty, provocative, classic film night, kubrick retrospective

## Synopsis

A summer of obsession unfolds in a small New England town, where desire knows no bounds.

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